George Schwartz purchasing a new automobile from Llewellyn Pontiac in Lorain, Ohio

1953 - 1963 / Downtown Lorain

George Llewellyn, owner of the Llewellyn Pontiac dealership, completes the sale of an ambulance to Schwartz Funeral Home owner George Schwartz in Lorain, Ohio sometime between 1953 and 1963.

The photograph was most likely taken in front of the Fisher Foods grocery story in the 1800 block of Broadway Avenue in Lorain.

Llewellyn Pontiac was located at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and East 19th street in Lorain from 1940 to 1989, when the business was sold to the Joyce dealership. George Llewellyn died in 2020.

The photographer is not known.

~ Doane Collection of the Lorain Public Library System, “George Schwartz purchasing a new automobile from Llewellyn Pontiac in Lorain, Ohio,” Lorain County Memory, accessed March 9, 2026, https://loraincountymemory.org/items/show/2642.

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George Schwartz purchasing a new automobile from Llewellyn Pontiac in Lorain, Ohio

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Albert Doane
Lorain Public Library System

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1953 - 1963

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